There is a spare fitting on the fuel pressure regulator that's there to take
a gauge.

Works dandy.  I think Ken Lewis has one permanently mounted there.

http://www.neksiwel.20m.com/photo2.html

On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 7:47 AM, Mark <mbrush@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Scott - I hear the fuel pump clicking on and off - so i think it's
> definitely electrical.  Previously, I had to reground the wire on the left
> of the engine block (the bolt where it was grounded broke off), so I wonder
> if my new ground wire is not working OR it's just a bad fuel pump relay.
> Will try replacing that to see if it remedies the problem.  Just curious -
> where's the best place to install a fuel pressure gauge?
>
> On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 6:40 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
> scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
>
> > what pops into my mind is a stuck on fuel pump relay ( it's the one on
> the
> > right, the one with a double white wire coming off it ) ,
> >
> > < well, to make sure I'm not giving someone bum info, ...that's on a 84
> 1.9
> > waterboxer. I think the fuel pump relay wiring might be different in
> later
> > years. >
> >
> > Or......the ECU is providing full time ground to the fuel pump relay.
> > that's rare, but I do have one 1.9 Ecu that does that.....pump runs
> > continuously with key on. - and it's the ecu for sure on that one.
> >
> > The fuel pump  doesn't shut off after a few seconds because it knows the
> > system is  pressurized....it just does it by time, prett' sure.
> > For sure, the ecu has no idea what the fuel pressure is.
> >
> > on  fuel pressure............... Oddly, I had some weirdness on a 'hasn't
> > run in a few years' vanagon yesterday. It was acting weird.
> > I put a fuel pressure gauge on it ....100 psi, while cranking. -   Bad
> fuel
> > pressure regulator, which I consider very, very rare.
> >
> > But it is good to actually see what the fuel pressure is.
> > There is sort of no way really to be sure fuel pressure is correct,
> without
> > putting a gauge on it.
> > Usually, when digging through a running or starting issue, once I put the
> > fp gauge on it, I just leave it on there until I'm finally through with
> the
> > whole process, and things are working right again.
> >
> > And ............winter too .........one thinks of 'fuel system' more in
> the
> > winter - due to condensed water in the tank, due to more moisture
> > everywhere....perhaps even from the gas station tanks the fuel comes
> from.
> > Always consider 'the fuel itself' too, though of course that won't make
> your
> > fuel pump run continuously. Sorry...getting ahead of things there.
> >
> > Scott
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark" <mbrush@GMAIL.COM>
> >
> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> > Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 2:40 PM
> > Subject: fuel pump problem?
> >
> >
> >
> >  Hi all - Just went to fire up the vanagon after a four week layoff.  It
> >> started right up, then died and wouldn't re-start.  When I 'energize'
> the
> >> system (turn key without starting all the way), the fuel pump runs
> >> continuously.  It's never done that before.  It normally just cycled on
> >> and
> >> kicked off once it was pressurized.  Any ideas on where to start
> looking?
> >>
> >> Mark
> >>
> >> --
> >> Mark
> >> 1990 Westy (2.1 - manual)
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Mark
> 1990 Westy (2.1 - manual)
>

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Jake

1984 Vanagon GL
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